Individual pictorial works on paper made as prints (woodblock, etching, engraving, lithograph) or drawings, recognized as significant single images in their own right. Belongs here: named prints, print series and drawings by a single artist, whatever the tradition, including Japanese ukiyo-e prints and Western engravings and etchings. Does not belong here: illuminated manuscripts, sacred texts and calligraphic book works, which are grouped under Illuminated Manuscripts and Calligraphic Works.
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1. National Core Arts Standards: Visual Arts Introduction
National Coalition for Core Arts StandardsVisual Arts introduction, discipline definition paragraphQuote, Visual Arts introduction, discipline definition paragraph
Visual Arts include the traditional fine arts such as drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, and sculpture; media arts including film, graphic communications, animation, and emerging technologies; architectural, environmental, and industrial arts such as urban, interior, product, and landscape design; folk arts; and works of art such as ceramics, fibers, jewelry, works in wood, paper, and other materials.
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